Jona
A group of high school misfits become unlikely superheroes as they discover their “useless” powers.
John flies home to furniture in one corner, the dining table arranged for guests, and their bedrooms removed of its function– he comes home to his father’s funeral. With his mom Leia, they learn how to put together what was removed and rearranged.
Daisy Resurrection
Daisy Resurrection, an overseas Filipino worker, comes home from years of working broad, but her homecoming is unlike any other OFW story you’ve heard of.
Margie, a medical technician whose dream of becoming a doctor has never come into fruition, and Mike, an artist who struggles to get by in his day-to-day life, are two estranged lovers who have fallen in love in each other only to find their relationship crumbling to pieces. Five years later, they meet again and they ask themselves if they could be together again, if they have learned from the mistakes they made in the past, if it is too late to start all over again.
A nerdy forester, Jay Policarpio, who transforms mined-out land into rain forests pursues the self-destructive alcoholic, Mia Salazar, who recently joined the government's Doctor To The Barrios program to heal the tragedy of her fiance's death
Nurse Wilma
A public hospital serves as a witness to a young boy’s rite of passage when he is stuck to take care of his ailing father. Caught in a place where life itself is in limbo, the boy treats the hospital grounds as his playground, not knowing that it will be his source of liberation in the end.
A small-town midwife’s preparation for a job interview is disrupted by series of unfortunate turn of events.
Kapitana
ASUANG, the God of Sins, was once a ruthless and fickle God of Bicol, but now he is a loner and a loser who has no place in the world that is overrun by sinful human beings. He resorted to social media to regain his former glory and fame but to no avail. On his track to retirement, he was approached by the Seers to help them stop Armageddon. Along with a group of sinful misfits, Asuang will go on a quest, against his nature, to help mankind… Or so he thinks he will.
A coming-of-age tale about a twelve-year-old Muslim girl named Eshal in Marawi is set amid an age-old culture of inter-familial dispute. Rido, as it is called, is characterized by a series of violent and fatal retaliation to avenge a reproach or injustice-real or imaginary-among disputing clans, crossing generations.
Kuya Wes, a timid remittance clerk, feels like he does not exist, except when he is working at the remittance center. He is mostly ignored by his younger brother Raf and his family. His days are only brightened when his customer Erika comes in every month. One day, his life changes as Erika’s overseas husband leaves her. Wes decides to help her from his own pocket. His “relationship” with Erika and his friction with Raf starts to change him.
Inspired by true events, Margo who is a young mother and her best friend Faye are forced to cling to the edge of a knife so they could travel to the United Kingdom. They plan to work there even without a work permit and with only six months visa, time is running out and they may face the risk of deportation.
When her husband unexpectedly died, Sinang had to take over their farm. A strong-willed daughter of an old farmer, she has the heart and the touch. While her sisters consider selling their inherited parcels of the land to a subdivision developer, Sinang firmly refuses to sell hers. Resolutely, she plows it, nurse the rice seeds, going through the whole process with diligence. The experience is filled with happy and sad moments, still in the end — love for family and for their farm prevails.
A depiction of Philippines war on drugs.
잘나가는 여배우는 발전을 위해 색다른 영화를 찍다가 사고를 당해 하반신이 마비된다 요양을 위해 새로운 집에서 지내게 되는데 집은 이상한 기운과 소리들이 들리고 간호를 위해 온 간병인은 여배우를 괴롭힌다 게다가 어느 날은 자신의 남편이 바뀌어 다른 사람이 되어있다 그녀는 점점 괴로워하며 그곳에서 벗어나려 하지만 쉽지 않다 그런데 알고 보니...
An itinerant tattoo artist joins a talent reality show for lesbians in the hopes of winning the prize money that will enable her to get artificially inseminated and achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a mother.
A story of how a violent crime disrupts a quaint rural town in Batangas. A girl’s dead body is discovered and puts the whole town on trial while the former’s companion remains missing. The ensuing media spectacle slowly exposes the town’s secrets. As they celebrate its yearly festival by the lake, an unknowing sleeping evil unravels and haunts the townsfolk.
The papal visit has left dancers in a nightclub jobless. While waiting for the Pope to leave, Junilyn is forced to practice a few tricks her boss picked up from Thailand. Soon she realizes that there is no liberty in escape and that true freedom lies in being bold.
Nelia
It focuses on Lester who, upon getting the cursed bagua, starts to get all the luck and prosperity he could get in his life, but with deadly consequences.
Liz
A suspense film based on true cases of human trafficking, tells the story of Carlo, a 14-year old boy's daring attempt to escape slavery in a sardines factory.
Mama
In the 1970s, a widow in a remote village takes over her husband’s barber shop. She becomes the laughing stock of the male-dominated community and in the process discovers freedom and liberation.
A 12-year old Anita falls in love with the new woman in town; years later, a girlhood crush blossoms during the Fiesta of Santa Clara in Obando, Bulacan.
Ate Linda, Mrs. Cesario
Andrea Gonzaga is about to marry a man she doesn’t love when a mysterious guest arrives and suddenly reminds her of the man she truly loves.
Sister Socorro
종교와 용기, 그리고 인간의 죄의식을 다루는 영화. 1971년, 마로코스 대통령의 독재정치가 그에 달할 무렵의 필리핀. 깊은 산중의 아도라시온 수녀원(Adoration monastery)에 로르디스(Lourdes) 수녀가 새로 들어온다. 그녀는 곧 루스(Ruth) 수녀와 친해진다. 바깥 세상은 혼란스럽기 그지없지만, 수녀원은 늘 조용하고 평화롭다. 어느 날, 루스 수녀는 오빠가 실종되었다는 소식을 듣고 그를 찾기 위해 도시로 나가려 하지만, 원장 수녀는 기도만이 할 일이라며 이를 막는다. 그리고, 얼마 후 로르디스 수녀와 루스 수녀는 마을에 볼일을 보러 갔다가 돌아오는 길에 흉악한 남자들에 의해 성폭행을 당하고 만다. 로르디스 수녀는 임신을 하지만, 아이를 낳기로 결심한다. 이 불행한 사건 때문에 원장수녀와 베라(Vera) 수녀는 끊임없이 자책을 한다. 그리고, 두 분 수녀가 그렇게 자책했던 진짜 이유가 나중에 밝혀진다. 아도라시온 수녀원의 수녀들, 특히 원장수녀와 베라 수녀의 신앙심은 굳건하다. 하지만, 하느님이 시련을 내리셨을 때 그들의 신앙심은 한 인간으로서의 ‘용기’와 ‘양심’을 지키는 도구가 될 수 있는가? 바깥 세상의 혼란에 개입을 피하면서 그들이 지키려던 신앙심은 과연 어떤 의미가 있는가? 빈센트 산도발 감독의 <유령 (Aparisyon)>의 이러한 도발적인 질문은 매우 충격적으로 다가온다. (2012년 제17회 부산국제영화제)
